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It is 1941, the start of Word War II. Wishing only to pursue her dreams of attending medical school at UCLA, Iva Toguri reluctantly visits her sick aunt in Japan. The start of the war traps her there. When she refuses to renounce her American citizenship, the Japanese government denies her a food ration card. Soon her mother’s family evicts her, and she struggles to survive. Forced to accept a job with Radio Tokyo, she refuses to participate in propaganda broadcasts despite unending pressure by Army management.Relief comes with the war’s end, but the extreme politics back in the United States and continuing racial prejudice against Japanese-Americans makes Iva a target. Mistakenly identified as Tokyo Rose, she is charged with treason, leading to a trial that grips the nation. Read more
Publisher : Luminare Press
Publication date : May 8, 2020
Language : English
Print length : 308 pages
ISBN-10 : 1643882910
ISBN-13 : 18
Item Weight : 13.8 ounces
Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.77 x 8.5 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #1,081,793 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #2,874 in Biographical Historical Fiction #3,226 in Discrimination & Racism #10,061 in Women's Biographies
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Format: Kindle
Any thoughtful observer of the current abuses of the criminal justice system by our US Department of Justice and of our systemic racism can gain further insights looking back 60 years with the case of Tokyo Rose: Mike Weedall's Iva paints a compelling portrait of a Japanese American caught in the vices of oppression by two governments: Japan and the United States. Not only do we learn in detail the shocking abuses and corruption of our criminal justice system orchestrated at the highest levels of the Justice Department, with the support of the White House during the Truman and Eisenhower administrations, we learn that the unlawful internship of Japanese Americans at the beginning of World War II did not end the discrimination and bigotry of Americans toward Japanese Americans at War's end. We also learn in graphic detail the hardships and tyranny endured by citizens of Japan during World War II, where Iva Toguri finds herself trapped during what was supposed to be a visit to her aunt from her native California in 1941. Starvation, government cruelty, and hopelessness coursed through the lives of Japanese civilians from 1941 through the end of the war and beyond. Iva Toguri, wrongfully labelled as the radio voice of Japanese propaganda, "Tokyo Rose" suffered through this period frightened and almost alone, despite her romance and eventual marriage to a Japanese born Filipino. We learn in Iva's long biography that from 1941 to 1976 she was caught in a no man's land, hated by the Japanese for her American birth to Japanese parents; and despised by Americans for her Japanese ancestry. She was accepted nowhere, much like Trevor Noah writes in his autobiography of life in South Africa with a white mother and black father. What is perhaps most fascinating and relevant today from the well written story by Mr. Weedall is the American trial of Iva for treason several years after her return to the US. Her guilty verdict produced by coerced and false testimony, rulings of a racist judge, and overseen by a Justice Department desperate to convict someone for spreading Japanese lies over the radio with an American accent during the War is an outrageous dispay of American gone astray. It reminds one of what is happening today. For a riveting true story of a courageous woman who eventually wins justice and succeeds in her American life, I heartily recommend Iva.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2020 by stevemorgan
Format: Paperback
The book was well written and interesting. I wish it had had a little more depth. Nonetheless, I highly recommend it.
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2020 by Sally Long
Format: Paperback
Good historical fiction serves both to inform the reader about authentic events and to create an understanding of the thinking and the emotions of the players who created that history. Done well, it leaves a much more powerful impression than a simple recounting of events. Mike Weedall’s book on Iva Toguri, the woman identified as Tokyo Rose, admirably meets the standards for good historical fiction. Born and raised in the Los Angeles area, Iva fell into the classic situation of being in the wrong place at the wrong time – in Japan at the start of World War II. She made her share of mistakes and wound up living on her own and struggling to get by as a mistrusted American in a country at war. The job she managed to get at the radio station that broadcast music and propaganda to American troops in the Pacific war zone helped her keep afloat, but it also proved her downfall after the war when she was accused of treason. Iva fell into the trap set when many figures in the American government sought scapegoats, and a Japanese-American who could be made to appear as serving the Japanese government fit the bill. Upon her arrest and return to America, Weedall slows the pace down to focus on the actions of the FBI, prosecuting attorney and judge, revealing their prejudice and calumny in obtaining a conviction on one of the eight counts of treason against Iva. She spent six years in jail and ultimately obtained a Presidential pardon from Gerald Ford. One of my pleasures in reading history is that there are lessons to be learned, for the past is indeed prologue to the future. “Iva: The True Story of Tokyo Rose” provides a great deal of food for thought about what our standards should be and whether we met those standards in this case.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2020 by Terry Esvelt
Format: Paperback
A well written story of one women's life of being in wrong place at wrong time - the author writes from her perspective about life in the U.S. and Japan as independent young woman - and how both Japanese and U.S. society and eventually a U.S. Attorney General decide to victimize her for nationalism and political gain. Obviously relevant to today as a warning of how such injustices, for the same old reasons, that we see now are nothing new and can be applied in many ways. But also a story of a real person, showing the human side of a tragedy of war and injustice, but also personal pain and perseverance as well personal growth, learning and forgiveness. An enjoyable read, with meaning. Highly recommend for any age. Excellent choice for a book club or school assignment.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2020 by Steven R Schiller
Format: Paperback
I am old enough to remember hearing about Tokyo Rose as a young child. In my fragments of memory she was a mystery, a bit of a worry, who was she, was she doing harm? Since then, she has been a face on a collage of Second World War images I have carried through life— until now when we learn her real story. And her saga of extremely bad luck and shocking treatment both in Japan and by the US at many levels is so much more than we could ever have imagined. Even from Truman and Eisenhower, good grief! Well, we need to know these things, and Iva is all the more of an inspiration for not just surviving them, but her unwavering loyalty. This well-written book of historical fiction brings her to life and inspires us to appreciate the work that has been done to recognize the Japanese contributions to this country. My thanks, Mike Weedall!
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Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2020 by Elizabeth Hall
Format: Paperback
I was not aware of the true story of "Tokyo Rose", and this book gave me a great perspective on it. Iva went from being a kind of bratty young Japanese American girl to a naive and trusting visitor to Japan in the days before Pearl Harbor brought the US and Japan into war. And then she gradually morphed into an aware and intelligent woman, still more than a little too trusting, who was manipulated and scapegoated by governmental representatives of both Japan and the US. This book is a very engaging true story of how this all happened - and it is a timely illustration of what happens when seemingly patriotic officials and professionals turn out to have their own agenda - not at all what is outwardly presented. Thanks to Mike Weedall for a great read! Roger North
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Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2020 by Roger North
Format: Kindle
A page turner of a personal saga of endurance. And a timely reminder of how nativism, narrow mindedness masquerading as patriotism, and bigotry lead to a herd mentailty blinded to our ideals and humanity. This is not a lyrical masterpiece, but the story is so compelling and the heroine so tragic, I could not put it down.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2020 by Michael Shepard
Format: Kindle
Author Mike Weedall takes the reader through Iva Toguri’s amazing life , complete with her nightmarish existence for many years , including her forced work as an announcer on Japanese radio broadcasting to American troops stationed in the Pacific during WW ll . She was to fight for years to clear her name after being accused of war crimes by an ultra ambitious US state department. Don’t worry . There’s a happy ending.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 29, 2024 by Bebop Jim